Bible verse
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
Proverbs 3:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 3.
23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
KJV
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].
ASV
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
ERV
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
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